health-insurance entitlement program, and who had seemingly never left the campaign trail was lamenting his over-emphasis on wonky policy? This is a form of self-flattery that might have been more accepted from Bill Clinton, who was known for his deep

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top-fived the field into submission en route to a championship in 2003. Last week: 2nd. 3. JIMMIE JOHNSON — Fighting a wonky handling car, Johnson battled his way to his fourth top-five finish in five races. Still a very dangerous man. Last week: 1st

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By Emily Kaiser WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While the world watches revolutions in the Arab world and a nuclear crisis in Japan, the Group of 20 is engrossed in an esoteric debate over something called indicative guidelines. The club of rich and emerging economies banded together at the height of the

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just looking at the amount of labor involved made me tired," he said. "It was also hard because I'd see inefficient or wonky ways of doing things and I'd want to fix them." And while pyrotechnics, massive machines, and all manner of flying objects

After the Stress Tests: What Will Banks Do Now?

book value, like Bank of America, meaning investors may expect big writedowns in the future. The accounting moves include wonky sounding things like debt valuation adjustments, sluicing loan loss reserves back into income, and relying heavily on tax losses to

Obamas Welcome Guests With Curry at First State Dinner

calm and serene above the water but "paddling like mad, going crazy underneath." The 338-person guest list was a mix of wonky Washington, Hollywood A-listers, prominent figures from the Indian community in the U.S., and Obama friends, family

Freaky Physics Proves Parallel Universes Exist

Look past the details of a wonky discovery by a group of California scientists -- that a quantum state is now observable with the human eye -- and consider its

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Keystone pipeline project would remain in the bill. In addition, the pact would have what was described to Fox News as some " wonky provisions" to help accountants and others who run payrolls get more certainty on the tax code. The Senate would have to approve

Climate 'Reality': Gore to Bore for 24

little graphics and entertaining typography warning "across the globe cataclysmic weather events are occurring." It's like a wonky version of the original Cee Lo Green video for his song "F*** You" – without the entertainment, music or talent